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Pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrate on the campus of DePaul University, April 30, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
August 29, 2026, 9:10 pm
US district court rules against deportations of anti-Israel college students
Federal judge argues that laws used to cancel visas, deport non-citizen students for their pro-Palestinian activism are unconstitutional
By Reuters
Mohsen Mahdawi speaks outside the courthouse after a US judge released the Palestinian student activist on April 30, 2025 in Burlington, Vermont. (AP Photo/Amanda Swinhart)
July 21, 2026, 9:03 pm
US court overturns order releasing pro-Palestinian Columbia activist Mohsen Mahdawi
Judges reject lower court’s authority to free Mahdawi, opening the door to the re-arrest and deportation of the West Bank-born activist
By AP and ToI Staff
Anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian US activist Mahmoud Khalil, center right, listens as other people speak during a news conference in New York, July 14, 2026. (Seth Wenig/AP)
July 14, 2026, 11:31 pm
Anti-Israel US activist Mahmoud Khalil files lawsuit alleging ‘conspiracy’ against him
Khalil claims pro-Israel groups plotted with Trump administration to prosecute him and pro-Palestinian activists to shield Jewish state from criticism
By JTA and ToI Staff
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during a news conference at Gracie Mansion, the mayor's official residence, in New York City, January 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
March 11, 2026, 6:04 pm
NYC Jewish communal groups sound alarm over Mamdani’s latest controversies
2 leading organizations voice ‘deep concern,’ suggest hypocrisy by mayor after he fetes anti-Israel activist, shares stage with speaker who called for strikes on Israelis
By Luke Tress
Mahmoud Khalil, center, at an anti-Israel protest in New York City, August 16, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
March 10, 2026, 4:20 pm
Mamdani hosts Columbia U anti-Israel protest leader Khalil at mayoral residence
New York City mayor hails activist, on 1-year anniversary of his arrest, for ‘profound courage’ and ‘protesting the ongoing genocide in Palestine’
By Luke Tress
US President Donald Trump (R) meets with New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on November 21, 2025. (Jim Watson / AFP)
February 27, 2026, 4:58 am
Mamdani meets Trump at White House, seeks administration’s help on Mahmoud Khalil
NYC mayor asks Trump’s chief of staff for assistance with anti-Israel students who have been targeted by feds, as he successfully pushes for release of Columbia student accused of overstaying visa
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Mahmoud Khalil, center, at an anti-Israel protest in New York City, August 16, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
January 22, 2026, 7:47 pm
Anti-Israel Columbia University protest leader Khalil likely to be deported to Algeria
Department of Homeland Security secretary says planned deportation of high-profile activist is a ‘reminder’ to non-citizens in the US to not ‘promote terrorists’
By Luke Tress
Anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian US activist Mahmoud Khalil carries a Palestinian flag during a rally celebrating his return from immigration detention, June 22, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Olga Fedorova)
January 15, 2026, 9:13 pm
US appeals court ruling raises prospect of rearrest of anti-Israel activist Mahmoud Khalil
Attorney for Columbia University protest leader criticizes ‘hypertechnical’ nature of 2-1 decision that found judge who ordered his client be freed did not have jurisdiction
By Agencies
Anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian US activist Mahmoud Khalil carries a Palestinian flag during a rally celebrating his return from immigration detention, June 22, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Olga Fedorova)
October 1, 2025, 6:17 am
US judge rules Trump administration’s arrests of pro-Palestinian students were illegal
Court says non-citizens lawfully in the US have the same constitutional free speech rights as citizens; government official rejects ruling as ‘smearing, demonizing’ law enforcement
By Michael Casey
Mahmoud Khalil, center, at an anti-Israel protest in New York City, August 16, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
September 18, 2025, 4:51 am
US judge orders deportation of Columbia University anti-Israel protest leader Khalil
Activist decries ruling by ‘kangaroo immigration court’ as his legal team contests judge’s plan to send him to Algeria or Syria
By Luke Tress
People take part in an anti-Israel protest at Bryant Park, in New York, on August 16, 2025. (Leonardo Munoz / AFP)
August 17, 2025, 3:12 am
‘They’re in Wall Street, they’re in the White House’: Thousands protest Israel in NYC
Protesters call to ‘stop starving Gaza’ at New York’s largest pro-Palestinian protest in recent months; Mahmoud Khalil tells crowd Israel ‘deliberately’ killing Gazans with US tax money
By Luke Tress
Anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian US activist Mahmoud Khalil carries a Palestinian flag during a rally celebrating his return from immigration detention, June 22, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Olga Fedorova)
August 7, 2025, 1:14 am
Mahmoud Khalil justifies Oct. 7, downplays antisemitism at Columbia, in NYT interview
The pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel US protest leader detained by ICE in March calls claims of hostility to Jews at NY university ‘manufactured hysteria,’ in discussion with Ezra Klein
By JTA and ToI Staff
Sen. Bernie Sanders (left) with Mahmoud Khalil, July 22, 2025. (Bernie Sanders via X)
July 23, 2025, 7:41 am
Bernie Sanders meets with anti-Israel activist Mahmoud Khalil
Senator says Columbia protest leader was imprisoned for opposing ‘Netanyahu’s horrific war’; Khalil refuses to condemn Hamas when specifically asked by CNN
By ToI Staff
Anti-Israel activist Mahmoud Khalil poses for a portrait during an interview, July 3, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
July 10, 2025, 11:13 pm
Anti-Israel activist Mahmoud Khalil sues Trump administration for $20m over imprisonment
Spokesman for Columbia group that praised Oct. 7 Hamas massacre in Israel files claim alleging he was falsely imprisoned, smeared as antisemite while government sought to deport him
By AP and ToI Staff
Demonstrators gather outside the Federal Courthouse in New York City to show support for anti-Israel activist Mahmoud Khalil and to demand his release from ICE detention on March 12, 2025. (Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu via Getty Images via JTA)
July 10, 2025, 10:42 pm
Trump team used Canary Mission site to target anti-Israel activists for deportation
US Department of Homeland Security official testifies agency used controversial website that catalogs academics’ anti-Israel statements, amid free speech lawsuit by professors
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
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